摘要 |
<p>The present invention comprises a system (44) and method for generating a CNC program (78, 80) for machining a part (12) having planar and curvilinear surfaces (18, 20) and surfaces of revolution (12, 14, 16) comprising an interface for inputting part (12) information including for at least one face (48) corresponding to at least one surface of the part (12) and having face (48) information comprising a boundary, an orientation, and a type of machining function corresponding to the face (48). A set of features corresponding to each face (48) is also input via the interface (32). Thereafter a set of machining operations to machine the set of features is generated. The machining operations are optimized (38) to achieve a minimum process (74) time to machine the part (12).</p> |